Ocean economy can lift growth in Africa
African countries must invest in their ports and connecting infrastructure for regional growth, president tells Terminal Operators Conference Africa 2017 President Jacob Zuma urged African […]
Month: December 2017
Zimbabwe unveils post-Mugabe economic order
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe – Zimbabwe’s government, under newly inaugurated President Emmerson Mnangagwa, has announced “a new economic order” that signals a potentially significant change from the previous […]
A clear, present danger: Zanu PF strategy to rule forever
A NEW era has dawned in Zimbabwe . . . or has it? In recent weeks, to popular acclamation and adulation, Zanu PF and the […]
Can Nigeria’s yams power a nation?
Can Africa’s biggest economy swap its addiction to oil for the starchy tubers that millions line their bellies with each day?”It’s our biggest hope,” says […]
Reforms needed to unlock agriculture’s competitiveness
Hadijah Nakitendde, First published by Sunrise, 8/12/17 New reports state that food demand on the African continent will rise by more than 60% by 2050. The […]
African countries are making significant efforts to develop a vision for industrialisation.
At present, about half of these countries have an industrialisation strategy, many of which aim to improve entrepreneurship. But few address the role of […]
Kenya opposition group says protest mock inaugural ceremony postponed
Nairobi – Kenya’s main opposition group on Sunday postponed a mock ceremony to inaugurate its leader as president. Opposition leader Raila Odinga and his colleagues […]
Central African Republic: The country with no teachers
Rivals have been fighting in the Central African Republic since 2013. In the chaos the school teachers have quietly disappeared so now parents are going […]